State v. Lindsey

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

In this appeal from his conviction of second-degree assault and terroristic threats, appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of his subsequent similar conduct against a domestic-abuse victim. Appellant also argues that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct by eliciting race-based testimony and making improper references during closing argument. Because Minn.Stat. § 634.20 permits relationship evidence of similar subsequent, as well as prior, conduct and because the probative value of the relationship evidence…